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Get Smart (2008)

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Reviews Counted:201

Fresh:106

Rotten:95

Average Rating:5.5/10

Consensus: Get Smart rides Steve Carell's considerable charm for a few laughs, but in the end is a rather ordinary Summer comedy.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for some rude humor, action violence and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jun 20, 2008 Wide

Box Office: $130,246,343

Synopsis: Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked... Maxwell Smart (Steve Carell) is on a mission to thwart the latest plot for world domination by the evil crime syndicate known as KAOS. When the headquarters of U.S. spy agency Control is attacked and the identities of its agents compromised, the Chief (Alan Arkin) has no choice but to promote his ever-eager analyst Maxwell Smart, who has always dreamt of working in the field alongside stalwart superstar Agent 23 (Dwayne Johnson). Smart is partnered instead with the lovely-but-lethal veteran Agent 99 (Anne Hathaway). Given little field experience and even less time, Smart-armed with nothing but a few spy-tech gadgets and his unbridled enthusiasm-must thwart the doomsday plans of KAOS head Siegfried (Terence Stamp). --© Warner Bros. [More]

Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin

Starring: Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway, Dwayne Johnson, Alan Arkin, Terence Stamp, James Caan, Ken Davitian, Masi Oka, Nate Torrence, David Koechner, Terry Crews

Director: Peter Segal

Director: Peter Segal
Screenwriter: Tom J. Astle, Matt Ember
Producer: Andrew Lazar, Charles Roven, Alex Gartner
Composer: Trevor Rabin
Studio: Warner Bros.

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The hostile repartee between the characters is as ungainly as director Peter Segal's lumbering action sequences

Full Review Source: CinePassion | comment Comment
08/26/09
Fernando F. Croce
Fernando F. Croce
CinePassion

It has at least five undeniable laughs.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
04/17/09
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid
N/R

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Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium | comment Comment
02/27/09
Chris Bumbray
Chris Bumbray
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

What do dithering tv weathermen do when they retire? They must take their lame, witless banter and their awkward timing to Hollywood to write and direct movies. That might explain Get Smart, one of the latest in a long line of humid, mediocre, tire

Full Review Source: Fayetteville Free Weekly | comment Comment
02/01/09
Tony Macklin
Tony Macklin
Fayetteville Free Weekly

...a manufactured piece of work that's been geared towards the lowest common denominator.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
01/29/09
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

Without Anne Hathaway, Get Smart might have been a one-note comedy; with her, it's super spirited and super fun.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment 1 Comment
11/09/08
Brian Webster
Brian Webster
Apollo Guide

Not funny outrageous or funny gross, but funny cute, funny nice, funny mild.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
10/28/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

The movie is a time-killer without a killer instinct.

Full Review Source: Baltimore Sun | comment Comment
10/18/08
Michael Sragow
Michael Sragow
Baltimore Sun

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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
10/18/08
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Get Smart is happy enough to play for straight laughs rather than truly subversive wit.

Full Review Source: Q Network Film Desk | comment Comment
10/18/08
James Kendrick
James Kendrick
Q Network Film Desk

Smart summer entertainment that retains the likeability and wit of its source material but brings it into the 21st century with a perfectly cast Steve Carell.

Full Review Source: Boxoffice Magazine | comment Comment
10/18/08
Pete Hammond
Pete Hammond
Boxoffice Magazine

You'll have a better time if you don't expect this re-imagined work to resemble the original. The phone shoe does fit Carell, and he wears it well.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
10/18/08
Susan Tavernetti
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

As a reworking of one of the great 1960s TV comedies, you'd think being funny would be its main goal. But you would be wrong. Very, very wrong.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
10/18/08
Kenneth Turan
Kenneth Turan
Los Angeles Times
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Anne Hathaway plays the straightest part, quite possibly well, we are not entirely sure. She is so incapacitatingly sexy we lost concentration during several of her scenes.

Full Review Source: Mansized | comment Comment
08/25/08
Chris Laverty
Chris Laverty
Mansized

The film doesn't have the sharp hysteria of the series, and it gets a bit over-serious at times. But it's still a thoroughly entertaining film with terrific characters all its own.

Full Review Source: Shadows on the Wall | comment Comment
08/22/08
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

We sit back and wait for the laughs. Which come pretty slow and infrequent, though Carell does his straight-faced best to act out the A-Z of Hilarious.

Full Review Source: Independent | comment 1 Comment
08/22/08
Anthony Quinn
Anthony Quinn
Independent

The film is about as funny as a 3am cold call, and if you are a critic you cannot slam down the phone before you have heard it out.

Full Review Source: Financial Times | comment Comment
08/22/08
Nigel Andrews
Nigel Andrews
Financial Times

Get Smart won’t change the world but it is the most fun movie out this weekend.

Full Review Source: Sun Online | comment Comment
08/22/08
Sun Online

The picture works best as a comedy, and early on it's consistently amusing, with a refreshingly witty script and skilful actors in Carell, Arkin and, more surprisingly, Johnson, to put across the verbal and sight gags with brio.

Full Review Source: Daily Mail [UK] | comment Comment
08/22/08
Christopher Tookey
Christopher Tookey
Daily Mail [UK]

Adequate and fun but really nothing special.

Full Review Source: Heart 106.2 | comment Comment
08/22/08
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